Variety (Oct 1929)

54 yARIETY VAUDE HOUSE REVIEWS Wednesday, October 23,1929 PALACE (St. Vaude) : If uothinij els© of ti;erltorioMs achievomcht Is ^v:ol•th recarding. at ' tlib Palace tljis "\\ i.»'.?k, tiio outatand ingr . hit mai'ked down by Helen Yorke and Vir«i«ia Johns(in in the .No. 2 spot Will be enough, .York© aiid Johnson (New Acts) may not liave nieant ri, thlntj t<i Vaude 'or tho Palace before those deliglu blrd^ made their i?alac^ debut, but after tlmt-'jip jq^uest^p^^ Siieaking..:aboyt bi'eakSr here, are a. couple of ;hig-h. clasa .girls: who have beert pictiii'e. housingr it . for the. .pist iseyeriil years individually, only to btist in :a;t ...tho I^lace on virtually a rairt- Check and .crack Ing tiic house ^right vopbn on their first Appearance.. .All of which hap peried. because Peg Bates,-, colored hionopedlc performer; booked for the spbti took ill - at tli© last iriinute. A;\Vay.. from this piirtioiiliir jnr stance "the Palace show; as-a whole does not: measure up to 53. Garry- Ihg. a lineup of • niiie j-'egulatlbn. . acta with George K. Arthur (New Aots)'fi-om ipibtures' topping-for, the draw : ivnd:. Jtilius Tannen enlisted for-real supii.ort. jt yet" doe.sn't make, the bill; It follows that something must:, be . ^yrpng» bu,t. where, and what is it repeated qufestioii. that has^ given the; PalacjB. bookers con-- sidetable trouble . and apparently still is. They, might begin,by 'fig-, uring why the first two . act$ on this, show can start off with a; bub- bling bounce, that: the remaining three turns on the first .half cannot follow. It's usually .quii;e dlfllcult to find an opening;. act like the Ortons wiio <;an knock 'em dead right off the',bat; And for a '.No, 2 act like -Yorke and Johnson, who can not. only hold. th'©..tempo,, but ginger it: iip all the* more. And yet the ensuing, ieiiitertairi.-: ment at the Palace this; >yeek. lags, sags and withers away^" by inter- mission.. ■ But for. the. fimely Interruptions of Tannen, -with his hreezsr quips and wheezes, there's no telling just how bad the show rdaUy niight have looked, Tahnen has found- a Bfiw name for a master (if cere.- iSonies, while speaking of him;.' He calls himself' director-of.•jqllity and' what can be done about it? Judg- ing by the reception aiid ■apprecip.r tion he I'eceived Tannen should not Ije a stranger in this hp,use^ In fact, the Palace ' should. see wior© and oftener of him. Carrying on and picking up the second section were Florenz Tem^" pest and Maribh Sunshine, reunited sister team of bygone 'Vaude days' who proved^they never should have been apai% even teniporarliy. For the Palace . mob •, Saturday . mat, weary of waiting for sptnethlrig to happen, Miiss Tempest, .and Miss Sunshine provided an agreeable mixture of both their nsimes. IVliss Tempest in . male., -attire looked good enouigh iio par bit. With the best of her eontentporary male impersonators, .while Miss iSunshine stood out like a beacon with lyi'ical <■ charactbrizatipns that had the team bogging off after two encores. That Uiric bit of ."Mima" Miss Suri.shihe docs is a pip and her "I "Want That Man" is another. With the cleyer and delightful. Miss Tempest pacing the way it waia a cinclv for the girls to cop and they did. Jerry Moor© made a good job of accbmpanVlng at the piano. Arthur followed with a comedy skit tilled "l>ort Ariiiis." creditefl to the ambidextrous Al JBoasberg, It is not hcavyiveigli.t, material, but with Arthur's pleasing personality and humble Tnarincr got by. For a pictuce star of some follpwing Arthur might have made, a happier choice in prbjecting himself into Vaude.' With what he has; how ever, he will haVfe to depend oh hi^ name nlone. Wallowing .from \ repeated trips throughout th0 show; Tannen came to bat on his OAvn in next, tb shut and briefly but .deplsiviy gpalod 'etn with patter smart enbuph.for Proadway and with 'sbirie vSrlixttflTrs not oyer-.sinart 'elso.\Vhere. . Tanf ren's topical monplog ran fbr about eight mirtttteis, but.in that time he slap^ied across enough sure-lire fast . ones to hold 'em. No matter how many tlnic.s he may. be lured away, Tannen may always b© siire of vaudb and- vaude .of. hini.- Pilling and holding: the ti^ey spot for 25 nUnutes ■ w.as the tTnit'ed States Indian Band, finally making the Palace 'after ooUr.sIng every; wliore and •anywhere elsi>. Only a few w'oeks .ago the Injuns wiM-e a FOx'-g- Ac,adi?.niy pn.'14th stroot. little over six months ago the ac j?layed Keith's Rivei-.'^lde, and. at that time it -wais: suggf'stod to Keith's-it lAras ripe and-ready-.:for, the Palace : The; hopking Pfllce" w,atrhed and . waited for six -mpnths before mak vlng up its mind. ■' Indians ire stiH a, good act; but hot as valuable now as they might have -been six months ago. Several .- mihoi" chahgPfs in the 'hand, but not :enough to.Jiurt. Chlof Shunatbna is =;«=jrtJll=-t-he=eli-eer-eul-=cih(»ar-=lf^a^d an exbellent showman. While an houncing himself and band as prac tically new to vaude. Chief Shuna tona'has been around with Indian . acts ifor ybars. That, accounts for his keen :showmanship and knowing what it's all about air Ina Williams and Jere Delanoy failed to come «p to expeolation ^vlth Ihele tin-type comoay and hoked antics and bits. Spotted No, 4; Williams and I>olanoy barely made the grade, it the fini.sh after clowning rind ad libblng, a good deal :unwarranted, Miss Williams Is a clever comedienne, even if .she does make a stab at; emulating Beaitrice r,illie. And thero'.s nothing wrong with Delaney's ./Jtrafght for the eccentric and mugging Miss Williams. Just-a case where they^ wast© a lot Of time getting started and then have to go Ilk© blazes to fintsh under the wire. If the.team Will brace- iii) their jstart and- cut .unnecessary clowning it ou^ht to.be alv cinch for them anywhere,, as in-, trihsioaily WjlUams and Delaney. arc feature stuff, .. ' .Carl Shaw and his dance^ revue,; in' fifth position, closing the front end; -{^haw is of the yotingc^r genf eration of hobfers who packs: dy.ria- mlte in' hi.s underpins a,nd khowja how IP:.sell it., ile's' IJeen ..aroiind 'With this turn for .some time,, sur- . roundirig himself with three girls arid a boy whose leg Work Cannot interfere with his. As a flash this abi is weak, biit with Shaw holding it up ihdivldualiy will get over big' in. any hoiise. Mindell "Twins;. I^Itka!: Ka.demoVa arid Antohi; plora.'Cbm- prise a varlegated group of dancers around Shaw, serving to accentuate his 'demoniac .footwork... Slyaw al-^ ready has^ everything he personally needs,.- but biis act npe'ds. pleritj^. :'. Pbur Orton.s^, '. three men . ahd . a woman, turned, but a swiftly paced wire rbutine, .u.sing a taint low line, for some well-timed and' executed stunts.. Three .bn the wire while, the fourth (man) ; perambula;t6s. with, comedy bit^ .bh the ground^ for ef-' feetive; contrast. / Scored .big here. . • Oebrge Choos is repressented on, the closing end of the show .. .with. Mr. and' Mrs,"Ra:y Xiyt© (New 'Acts) and the . . Eight . Royal . Koreans, (Jrientnl.Mrlng ens.emble^'.The Lytjes foiinierly Worked in a. big-flash act. Theip. present turn dpes not , CQm-» pare faivorably'with the other. Even- with the Palace walkouts, u.sual and aGcepted thingf, this turn had noth- ing to. bl d for hoi d i n g. 'em in, an d so they started walking early and In flocks^ : ,;:- . A vaude show gbn© wrong some- where; and plenty bf empties ini the. housed' Saturday -is the .Palace's answer. DELANeEY ST. (Vaudtilm) •A. few weeks ago an Irish reporter, from Variety, isentehced - to review ^Lioew.'s Deiancey, happened to casu- ally, mention in his notice that the house- was full of herring eaters. Nothing wrong about that. Some of the very elitish .go for a kippered or Bismarck orice in a while. Yet the manager here-resented the clas- siiicatioh. So much so that he was ^tili- bujening Monday: night, .even When this time one of yariety's own herring. eaters was.: sent to th©. house. . ;.- -; Anything Is UHely to happen when on© herrinfj destroyer meets an-: other; Said the.mgr.: ''I don't know whether to let a Variety reporter iri here any. more, Th© last on© called us lot of herrings, and that cer- tainly wasn't^ nice." ■ "But" cPuii- tercd the reporter, "isn't.it true a lot of . herring - eaters do'. come in here.'' "Yes, sure, certainly," the mgr; replied, "But why throw it up?" --r So that was^ th.at. What else might have followed was intet'rupit ed by th<j. appearance:of the Aurora Trio, cycle acrobats, opening the five-act layout on the; first-half bill Same turn, also known as the Au- rora Troupe, has been around for years. They still make a flashy- opener with pip equilibristic stuff on bikes; and tandem wheels. In this neighborhood particularly they eat this sort of stuit. and it's hpt herring. Frank Whitman, freakish violin- ist, came next.. Whitman's cpntor tionistic stunts and eccentric trloka with the fiddle didn't mean a thing to titigvTLnaicTn'e D# ths .way-ii^^ lower ca.st sldCv -/They. like (holt fiddlog straight .from the shoulder, Wlthprit monkey shines. As for tb<> gags Whitman puUedJ they might as wel 1. ha ve remain ed in th o d rcssing room, Luckily for Whitman he in >e.rted a Couple of Russian hock steps, at the finish. , That, .squared him.- It was like Soviet .ikbpaganda to this mob; : ■ ' An .0 ppreciatiVe sketch was that of irelon and. Nolan Leary in their bld-timpr, called. "Yes Moans No.'" Flip, lines and hUmoroiJS situations got pvor easily. The Learya .have been, around wfth this sine©- 19ii3 and still serving. - ,I")aly and Mace, two-.womesn with comedy patter and :s.png<t, clicked Iiandlly. . Another experienced: turn hofty one of the duo getting laughs on her figure. Cloanad -up a hit and re-routined, . no reason why: tlhis team can't stop oiit in the bigger hou.se.s. Good comedy acts-at.,a premium now in vaitdo. _ 'llh-e_I.(OcJ<;fj\rda._.s±a;T:i.do. t :d da.nce_ duo, gave the .sho.w a brirUant tin ishing touch. Those twb girls with the team look nifty, but that about lets 'em out. Iwockfords .sure as ever of thelf .stuff,. Including the under soa plasthnift and golf numbers, Attractive olnaer on any bill. "Bulldog Drummond" (.U, A.) wn the flicker, and biz wasn't bad either. STATE . (Vaudfilm) A.S usual, that Saturday , turnover at the State management fu.shed the current five-act bill on and off in a little .over an hour, .each turh cutting,' . Fbr would.-b©; suicides,. a ti-y at landing a seat hear th© front at the State oh iny Saturday should prove a s.ure way put. The bpys who u.sed tb move down a row at a time in the burle.sr[Ue joints must have mpyed over ;her<), ..'.^ '-■.'' '/ "Maditnie 'X'' (M--G-) .is the featut^©; this; week and -insurance fop- th©. gross against. :any. sort Of a' con- trary-break; ■., .- . ":■ . .r :; • ; Trixie FriganziDL, alloted; the .bi'ft pennant on the ma,r<iued arid the next-tOT^clo'slhg .'spot. ohthe•; bill,' .speeded through her song TOutlhe, doing all pf.it,; but in dbulale. teinpio;: Mls;3. Friga,nza;; missed by Keiths' - on her rebound frprnv a musical .show. Is doing a knockout •vaude act fpr-iiOeW's, ■' ■■ '.--■:;■ ::'V'.'' Suffering most.from time brahips was th© ; Hooper-and' CJatchett: f iillr stiig© comedy.':act. now a Va;ude^ vet- eran. A grea:t "bifj Klinlc clipped from this oriei permitting time for Only the Hoppet-Qatchett. cross-fire talk, and' singing; :arid; .a'.dartcei-ofE :ftnl8h; by.,. the :supi)brting company; Changes in,thi3'act,-'thbuglv.it re.- majhs basically the aame; are a riew' .set <k.n:d a he-w; cutle in th©; French dame .fiairt. ' Deletlpn of thb regular, continuity ;resulted in . a -riear-nbs© dive fur the act'Saturdiay. v . : Don L..\Hayiies .(NeW' Act), col- ored leadirig man in M-G-M's ''Ilal-^ lelujah" picturey playing ; up the. .street at the Embassy, erred in th<i su;pt)ort he. selected to; .adcomiJany.. him on' this, trip in .vaude,. I-Iaynbs' didn't get s.'!a;rted at all iihtil sing- inS; the theme number fro'm his film; and that arriyed at the finish. That .single itenx brought hihi back, after the.lights.wore but,;:but until tiieh'it- appeared he'd go under. On the. front end were th©: Worderi Bros., th© barrel and ball, foot Jug-, glers; standard among the few gbod risley acts. .. .They clicked. Oh the Other end,- Meyer Gblden's Sketches,. trimmed.to two nlimbers.in the gen- eral pruning and reglsterlhg heav-, ily on sttength of the twio :\adagio number, which was praotically -the. act in the short.show. ..; --Buisiness: big. ■ '. i . . . .. PublixyserViGe la the sarrie in .all" Publix.- theatres, but; not so With Loew'Si Among Lpew's, th© State' and Delahcey street ar© run simi- larly, with the. Delancey rather bet- ter managed. Bigei.'- Capora" and by burlelsquing. the im- por.son.ition gets awdy. with it o, k, (tiaw A<:t!i). ■ . '. For regular Vaiido' valiie, teams of Murray and Maddox and Nortbn and Brpwer in comedy;turns they've don© for some time,- atahd put in the seven-act bill, with Dora "Boots" Jiarly, also a standard,; get- ting aci,'0.ss nicely No. 2, Miss Early should get out of' the deuce .spot aoithe of these, day.?,, .even if her pianiist (Frances Clairo) lets the "act down a little with .her solo be- twopn eiiange.s, AU'of Miss Early's material has. been specially' written and; what w^a'sn't Written: that's good vaude ah© .adds. Be,?t itct on the shovir. from the 'ppint of .speed, and- .ijhP'wrhan.ship - valines, ;. ■ :, ' The, -Jeff - bill .gets, its -no.veity. mostly .from .the. .Marc Nathal: act, and this la .teal jhovelty;; . His .ap© irnpeivsonatibri, cllmbirig'all over the. sepits in th© anditoriuin and people, while ^;uniqu©. may ;b© '.ahhbyihg' to certain palrohsw ; icbrobver,;: sha;ki'ng: an lipe's tail into -a man's face, as at. ;Satnrday -inatiriee, - ia not so: nifty. -. Nathal, particularly: agile in; his Wpric and with his act nicely, built tip, should be good vaude in th©:'neighbp.rhopd: houses. ^. .■ : Closing the. show;; Sa;Titba' and. De. Prey,: a.saisted by.. S.te!era.. and Mbye,. sister; team, .do; an act of'fair yen-, tertainraeht. value.- MucK ; of, th©- credit. g;oes to; the. ■alster twiain; (New; Acts);'-;, ' .■. •■.;.: ; '-,'; •Opening, spot lipids; Six 'JaeksonV. ians; acrbba'ta who save their .acro-^ batica for 'th.© firiish (Nbw - Acts)-. -^^ The; -show dPWn her©runs. 143; min:ut©s; Besides th© ;yaud^^; it ehi-- braces the feature "IllXision'': (Pa:r)i ■ropiea; in. : sound,,; Pathe Sound: Newis and pop', orchestra overture,; n; . TCaiTiern bonductihg; -Typical •waudp .prchestra with ; drum's, apd. bras-s db'minating^' '- -',','.. '. I.. 8IST STREET ; (Vaudfilm) ' Fair enpiigh bill but hardly busi- hc's.s or prestige-building vaudeyillb. Combined with Parampunt's ."fUu- slOn'' :;bn- screen, it makes passable valiie fbr 50-"75 scale. ; Irene Rlcardo arid Liedo;^; the dariseiise. (New Acts) for the mar- quee;. Miss Rlcardo' is a;gai.n wast- ing.her talents on ', blah numbers with not a laugh -Ih a;.'carload 6f ■ yrics, everything depending; oh: tier personality arid delivery.: - This clever comedienne's failure to pto- yid© herself with good maiterial. is criminal negligenc©. She has an un- usually; pleasant voice and, can troupe; but there's no profit'.from pointless lyrics. , K©r'r -and Ensign are pretty weak; and. need to strengthen ; their tour tin©. They are not presently . a;d©^ quate to the demands; of next to- clpsing. Miss Ensign has a nifty figure but should get some'frocks less peculiar-looking. . Did little here. . , _ Presumably English arid a little tpo. obtrii.'iive in styl© of 'working, Ada and Eddie Daros (New Acts); opened the show- They have some gopd and reliable stunts but also a supcr-careio of. plain silliness. Liloyd Ibach'a Entertainera. six musicians, and three girl specialty performers, okay for deucing,, Not top hpt and smauness jo^^ for ah' "irhpression .bf penurious en- dowments; . ' Land- -: JEFFERSON (Vaudfilm) Playing . .to an audleric© that should like their vaud©-better. thin anything els©,- this dowhtowri RICO grind ought to get mo.re of .a rise .out of .th©; crowds than it does. Saturday matinee on opening , of vaude , end of ; bill, ; though /early,' 'foiind :hou.se quarter-filled, with it about three-quarters Capacity when picture went on A somewhat colder aiidienc,© than 14th strjcct and environs shouid or dinarily .pro.ducb or.did whon Fox's City;got away with anything, made it tougher, for the alcts stai-Unij. the ilrat half grind ' ■ None got a rousing recoptlim. arid none cahie anywhere nbar stopping the show, with only one or.two en cores at- all excusable.'" ;Bj^litijr,uc.ker,_Sjca\h!slsAnjxndJ;pr e. sen tod by her, is the he.'idliner,; ao Otu'ding to billing, but Norton 'ivnd: Bi'bwor, hut team, gjJt next to clpa^ ing spot. This probably bocaVise show couldn't be built a,ny other way, both Tuckor arid the: closing acts requiring tho full stage ,Soph,'.s son goes nance in liis iiow act, a i)olyglot afCair of comedy song and dance called; "Prom .W;^STiVJt;^LAKEV'^;;.v (Vaudfilm) • ' ^ ■ ^ ::. Chicago;-Oct; 19. ' This 'Week' the principal vaude to support A--.;very .weak ..piottire, "Frbzen; Justice." , (Fox),; is. another; Marcus Revue. - One. other act,: an. opener to: dra'w the kida, "Fatty" Cobb drid "Scooter" IiPwry,, of "Our Gan^/';;.'. "';■.'. i'iUing a; house with'mothers - arid youngsters and then follpwinga ■ healthy act 'vvith o.he ;hPur and 10 minutes of ': Anna;pblis. ' Who : was th© Heb© comic talking tb when he bellowed: "Phobey, you stinker you\"-7, : - .; ;•• .. This Marcus /Revue (Unit No. 2), with a ca.3t of 25 girls and; 10 men, is cleaner than it is reported to have been three weeks agb. There are riot more than four or five blue gags iimbng the skits, and the comedians do refrain frpm outright Vulgarity, ■ P^rpm .th© standpoint, oif a bur- lesque patrbn,. there is. much to it; everything except the teasers. From the : s.tand point bf a famiily Vaud© piatrOn s there ;is perhaps 15 ^minutes of gbfed .entertainment in %\ie 70, ' ; . .-Skirts' 'WG.rQ very weak.: Burly .stuff will hot snap a response wheri ypu run a Vacuum cleaner over, it Songs, with the exception of three quartet n'u.mbers, were equally riie- d-iocre. Hoonrig was better.; A fine pony exhibitfo'n. by a chorus of 2i; and, splendid stuff by a Negro Work- ing alone in bne, doing tap iriiita- tions. .■ , . -. ■ ■ ' , • : ; For a vaude house; revue; this unit,' like the Marcus unit which-preceded it, is;draggy and a mess of costumes; mPying drbp.s, scrims . and jibsed girls. It is a "Florotta" stark naked. Near-capacity-houjse was chilly with the.revue half .over..' . State-Lake and State-Cprigrcss (stock burle.sqi.ie) competing this week. . . Loop. -. 86TH STREET (Vaudfilm) ' v. Sui^prislngly lusty response from the rieiyhbors to Organist ' Jirit Thomas' singing bee.. Getting the parlor spirit in true Chicago style, the Yorkvillites burst through their itihi.bitions; and sang with. Metho dlst gusto. .. ' .--; - . For purposes of stimulus and ca- joling,' Thohias employed a set Pf slides appealing tp blondes to- Vin dibate: them .selves and - 'bruriets.' to show the "blbmles- lip. It worked^ Nice show Saturday, George K. Arthur doubling from. the Pn-lace. That means seven shows for him on; Sunday, four here; a,nd three ait the IMlaco. : An(l eixch time a change from -khaki uniform: to soiip and flsh.':-v • ; . - ■ ; .-i..-.. ;; Arthur hii.s an ingratiating per sonality. He was givon^ a' recep- tion and although his vaude talents are .slight it' aooms . lilcety that he wlH . be welcome and nrob.ibly ; to soihft ojttt^nt a draw in the.average va-udiiim; tompio: • ' ■ -; Botty and BobbV Miller (New Acts) opened oddly, - combining singing. Tope-.spiunIng. nrid danc- irifr Harry; ..Fostor^Ljfe'lcih (,N,e_W- PALACE (St. Vaude) ■; '; , Chlo'ago, Oct. 19.-- . Lqist week's stirring , coritributiprt to vaude. sent the Palace just $5,000 into , the red. liJastern haraea, plus aalaries, Feaponsible. This week's iirioiitp has some ex- boHent talent,; real names in 'New York, but in Chicago they won't draw. - • ■■■;; ; ; .-. Teh i acts, but th© last half was run under; nairive ot Kcri' Murray's Revue,, sp saved a lot of time; Sec:, ond .week, for Ken .Murray, ^al.so - Foster, ;;Fagan'arid Cox, harmohii- era. Plenty of get-togethbr thrbugh- out the bill, w;ith acta walking ia - ^arid; but. oh each; other^. ;/; i3)av© Apollon and-qPmpany .wont over big; but nbt: a, name here. His .two:.;.girla especially , gpt 'good re- ; turns, and doserved the noise,:;wi;th ' clever.:-■hum'bers. .■ Other .New York .name was. RP.<i& . Perfect; arid :pleaaed the audience' first performance. Sbihethlng. shb.uld" be .done abbut . this house; Saturday mat .almost .-leimpt'y.'-. '■ ; \ :.' ^ - • ,^ ■ Felovls,' jugg^ler, opened,,and sure- ". fire- with ;a, nifty ; set and; sriiaft rii^anlpulatlpn. • I>re.w. eapebiaratton- \ ,tion .with '; hat and cigar.' - '- "Spirit of .Mih.strelsy-' ; followed, arid . over on; its.; natural appeal, preiserited nicely, ;'with; quiet ;rip-. -: stpalnt, and dignity... . -Act ie:d by; Mrs. George primro.se, and pi^.sents - some; bid -timers . 'Woricing. iri; white-' faice.'. Deiightfql; and different turn. . .Chamberlain and {Wimbs, cbjnedy ; and knockabout/ dariCers, reverse , the Bowery dance; and . the darh© wipes. ;up th©; floor with th^, tello'w;; . Some good iaiighs. : . : vken Murrayi on j and off during ■ the entire.' show, pleased; as; m. ;,c., be.side.s/i?'etting oyer. with.■his own', turn, .•whiGh. Inciudes' the . Charie.s-; tons;, . Also -.•wbricing;'''with Murray- - Wer© Maurice', and ..Vincent..- in'/ kriockabbyt tumbling,; brily ;fair,: Mainge'an ; Troupe: Closed.:. .There •wasn^t ttnybody tb wal.lc. Loop.' ALfiEE/ Brooklyn (Vaudfilm) / At. fOiir bits a head for orchestra the bii|i .presented, Sunday would putdraw any kind bf .weather even . in;Brbpkiyn .arid cUmate rated i^wcll for auturiin. . f p drag, hardi^bbiled swells ;of this part;of Gotham into * theatre must giv© them attractive yaluea. Other class of Brooklynites .. might take 'anything' igiyen h.ut not^- th© ones who spent most bf their' working days in M'arihattan—rand hou.sewiVes who take ; Saturday afterriooh off Want plerity bfjf nSplVa- tion and laughs in theatre or else. . They got it this time. -Not; only did they get the doublb attrabtibn of seeing a screen star in films but . also on the stage. She was Lea- trice Jby, featured In- the First Na- tional's "Most Immoral'Lady" for 79 minutes, and aJsP gave a 24rmin- ute turn on the Stage, In'fl|.dditiPn bill had in the order of their appearance Pauline Ga.skin and her. Three ; Musketeers (New Acts), Fred Sylvester and his three acrobatic midgets, Eddie pardo and Associat.ea" (New Acts) ^ Joe Laurie, Jr., and a/revue dance and' iaong turn, "Lights arid Shadows.'* Alt, the; acts were cut in; time on four-shpw rule. Other days acts do only three showa here. Fred Sylvester and his midgets , did one of tliose sober comedy turns that leaves a pleasant feeling., Act neat,. clever and clicked. Miss joy w-as fourth. She was assisted by Mildred Brown, pianiste. The act takes the full stage and Miss Joy Opens with a poetic: talk on the so- called marriage of the stage and th© screen with; the. advent of talkers. She then sings a sorig from the pic- ture, "A Most Immoral .Lady." Sing'ng weakest spot. Miss Brown does a .piano .solo and Miss Joy re- turris to {jive FrehCh-jsirl num.ber. Well received.. Joe La:urie, ;Jr.', docs his. usual chatter act, with the girl, friend ap- pearing but saying nblhing-.' Over ^s usual.; "Lights and Shadows." closing, haa 15 people, and a nifty bunch of dancera they are. A swell singing quartet. Everything in it is good from the opening appearance of two little girls in pajamas to the Inter- vening., tableaux, .adagio/ dancing,.: and-.slriiging. ' '-■/;■ ■.'■' - /: Entire, show . 135. minutes. ' Acts) followed With, imitations After Arthur c-ime • Norton arid Haley, nifty man and wom.an team liked .enormously. /Their hoke blazes no now trnil.^ In drollery but 1.1 smoolh and expert. Tloviil nro.s. and Red, who.qe hill ing "Stops ->n Steps" tolls it all did nicely vlo.sing.. "Illusion" fPar) on sovoon. LdndL ACADEMY ;;'■■//■: ■/" (Vaudfilm) ■ ; First thing a stranger notes -in ' this Fox 14th street palS,ce.- ia- the particular attention paid to aludi- billty. Four, mlcro.ph6ries are visiljic. Voices, are amplified to ;,carry- throughout the hbuae dl.stlnctly.. "VViih. a break like, that, acLs ought tp be able to even put P^r a comni-a. But two of four acta muffod th i an,- nouncing completely, "The girl band leader in "Femmo , Follies" started every announcement with the. name jo.f- _the-.jxcr..s'on^inlro'duced.-:.ther-ebjcL letting it. be drowned in applause , for the preoedlrig-Mt. Arid the bftrl-: ton©.with Roxy's Gang^bf all guys —mumbled, his stuff through hi.^ upper iip. He haa a .high-cla.s-5 singing voice, though. Buairio.ss iiretty good Saturday afternoon. IloTiiy no dnw on the . outsld-^, with "Hollywood Marriage'.' (Continued on Page 67) -